I know the x-rays don't show it all but I guess since I'm not bitching about leg pain or something they don't seem to think it's an emergent problem. I've lived and worked with a borked back for years after all. I did have a MRI for my neck a few years ago. That was a trip. I wish they could have run it without all the covers and panels on so I could see the magnets and gizmos moving around and stuff but I probably would have been rubber-necking all over the place and that wouldn't have worked out. Talk about loud! Them things are hellacious loud! Earplugs required for sure. Medical imaging technology is awesome. I wish I was involved in that science somehow. The worst thing was a nerve conduction test with needles poking into nerves all over and stuff. I'd rather have a broken arm set without anesthesia or any pain meds like I did when I was 13. Those places where the doc put the needles into hurt for weeks after.

I do the self medicating thing too, just not too much of it. My doc is actually pretty understanding about that shit but I do try to keep it to a minimum and I am completely honest with him. A little is good but more is not always better

A vic and a couple of ibuprofen and a couple of beers seem to work almost ok for a little while. Not nearly good enough though. Hydrocodone I am pretty used to and when the doc suggested oxycondone I said no thanks. I don't like drugs, or rather I like to CHOOSE my drugs

Thanks for the comments guys. I appreciate them and the concern. Now what the hell is Fossil doing for a living? That is the burning question...